Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 51

The Yadu–Vṛṣṇi–Andhaka Genealogies and the Purpose of Kṛṣṇa’s Advent

Devanagari script

राजन्यकल्पवर्षाद्या उपदेवासुता दश । वसुहंससुवंशाद्या: श्रीदेवायास्तु षट् सुता: ॥ ५१ ॥

Transliteration

rājanya-kalpa-varṣādyā upadevā-sutā daśa vasu-haṁsa-suvaṁśādyāḥ śrīdevāyās tu ṣaṭ sutāḥ

Translation

由妃子优波提婆，婆苏提婆得十子，以罗阇尼耶、劫波、伐尔沙等为首；由另一妃子室利提婆，则得六子，如婆苏、汉萨、苏梵沙等。

Synonyms

• राजन्य: Rājanya (name)
• राजन्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचनार्थे समासाङ्ग (as member in compound list)

• कल्प: Kalpa (name)
• कल्प: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचनार्थे समासाङ्ग

• वर्ष: Varṣa (name)
• वर्ष: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचनार्थे समासाङ्ग

• आद्याः: and others / beginning with
• आद्याः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘आदि’ = “beginning with/and others” (etc.)

• उपदेवा: Upadevā (name)
• उपदेवा: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपदेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचनार्थे समासाङ्ग (as first member in compound)

• सुताः: sons
• सुताः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘उपदेवा-सुताः’ = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• दश: ten
• दश: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्/दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective), प्रथमा-बहुवचनार्थे (agreeing with सुताः)

• वसु: Vasu (name)
• वसु: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचनार्थे समासाङ्ग (as member in compound list)

• हंस: Haṁsa (name)
• हंस: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचनार्थे समासाङ्ग

• सुवंश: Suvaṁśa (name)
• सुवंश: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचनार्थे समासाङ्ग

• आद्याः: and others
• आद्याः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘etc.’ (beginning with)

• श्रीदेवायाः: of Śrīdevā
• श्रीदेवायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीदेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• षट्: six
• षट्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्/षट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective), प्रथमा-बहुवचनार्थे (agreeing with सुताः)

• सुताः: sons
• सुताः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Characters & Entities

• Parīkṣit Mahārāja
• Upadevā
• Śrīdevā
• Rājanya
• Kalpa
• Varṣa
• Vasu
• Haṁsa
• Suvaṁśa

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam 9.24.51 say about Upadevā and Śrīdevā’s children?

It states that Upadevā had ten sons (beginning with Rājanya, Kalpa, and Varṣa) and Śrīdevā had six sons (beginning with Vasu, Haṁsa, and Suvaṁśa).

Why does Śukadeva Gosvāmī list these names while speaking to King Parīkṣit?

He is narrating the dynastic lineages (vaṁśa) that form the historical and devotional backdrop for the Lord’s appearances and the devotees’ stories in the Bhagavatam.

How can a devotee apply Bhagavatam’s genealogy sections in modern spiritual life?

By seeing the Bhagavatam as a continuous sacred tradition—remembering that bhakti is carried through generations—and by cultivating gratitude and faith in the paramparā that preserves devotion.